Normally mild Seattle is bracing for its second snowstorm this week Friday and Saturday.

And with yet another snowstorm forecast for early next week, Seattle-area meteorologist Cliff Mass said the storms could be "one of greatest snow events in decades."

A winter storm warning has been issued for the Seattle area. Up to half a foot of snow is possible from the Friday-Saturday storm throughout the region. Officials say travel could be very difficult and that blowing snow could contribute to reduced visibility.

"If you can, work from home," advised Mass. "Use light rail if you are in Seattle. If you drive to work or school, head home early (before noon). And if you drive, park in a location that you will avoid hills."

A car belonging to a state agency drives over a light coating of snow on the otherwise closed Alaskan Way viaduct in near-freezing weather on Feb. 5, 2019 in Seattle.(Photo11: Elaine Thompson, AP)

The first snowstorm, earlier this week, officially dropped 2.7 inches on Seattle.

"This February in Seattle is going to be remembered for brutal winter weather for many folks not used to it," said Weather.us meteorologist Ryan Maue.

The city averages only 0.7 inch of snow each February.

Brian Holloway, store manager at Henery Hardware in East Bremerton, Washington, said customers have been clamoring for rock salt, snowmelt, shovels and wood pellets.

As the temperatures plummet, a woman braves the cold as she covers her face with a scarf near the corner of Main and Market Streets in downtown in Paterson, NJ., Jan 30, 2019. Mitsu Yasukawa, USA TODAY NETWORK

Ayanna Fulton reacts to the cold as her brother Dramell Fulton Jr. adds snow while burying her outside of their house on Jan. 29, 2019 while home in Flint, Mich. on their second snow day. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press-USA TODAY NETWORK

University of Nebraska students sip complementary hot chocolate as they wait in freezing temperatures to be admitted to Pinnacle Bank Arena for an NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin, in Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29, 2019. Nati Harnik, AP

Mariah Howard of Elk River, MN is out in the sub-zero temperatures searching for a medallion that comes with a $10,000 prize that is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival in New Brighton, a suburb of Minneapolis. CRAIG LASSIG, EPA-EFE

Frost covers part of the face of University of Minnesota student Daniel Dylla during a morning jog along Mississippi River Jan. 29, 2019, In Minneapolis. Extreme cold and record-breaking temperatures are crawling into parts of the Midwest after a powerful snowstorm pounded the region, and forecasters warn that the frigid weather could be life-threatening. David Joles, AP

The next storm will affect the region late Sunday into early next week, with more snow likely.

The wintry pattern will continue in western Washington: "There's nothing on the horizon that looks like a pattern shift," said Reid Wolcott, a weather service meteorologist. "It's going to remain cold with more storms for the foreseeable future."